ITS NO MORE ABOUT SUBSIDY
ALONE:
consider these points.
1. The American President has
only 2
aircraft, our president has 9 in
his fleet
and voted money recently to
buy 1
more!
2. The British prime Minister has
only
2 official cars, our president has
23 in
his pool and only recently voted
300m
naira to buy 2 more bullet/bomb
proof ones!
3. Senators in the US earn
about $
6,000 dollars monthly and that's
about
what a university professor, or
a
director in a state department,
or a
doctor with 20yrs experience,
or a
teacher with 25yrs experience
earn
too.
In Nigeria a senator earns
245million
Naira per annum! Representing
the
salaries of 25 vice chancellors,
or 50
medical doctors, or 60 directors,
or
500 school teachers!
4. The US, almost d size of Africa
with
about 500million people have 24
ministers, and 32 govt
parastatals and
commissions. Nigeria has 42
cabinet
ministers, and over 50
government
parastatals!
5. America with about 500million
people and more mileage to
drive
consumes 39million litres of
petrol
daily, Nigeria with 150million
people
60% out of which live in remote
areas,
yet our government tells us we
consume about 35million liters of
petrol daily!
IS SUBSIDY REALLY THE PROBLEM
OF
NIGERIA?
And a last one!!! President
Jonathan
last bought fuel with his own
money
in 1996 shortly before coming
on
board the NDDC! So also is a
whole lot
of them in government!
It is time to re-think and re-
define. We
have to remove money from
politics.
Political office holders should
earn
what civil servants earn. That's
what
they are: CIVIL SERVANTS!